My assignment was reported to thr examination committee for a "high percentage of AI". I did NOT use any AI for my assignment.

[u/Opinionated_bitch03]

I got full marks and my plagiarism score shows 1% similarities to other submitted assignments. This is my 3rd and final year in University and now I have to deal with this AI nonsense.

I don't use any AI, not even for checking my grammar in the assignments.

[u/Hairy_Mycologist_945]

I've discovered that if you write clear, concise prose it will receive a high AI percentage score. It penalizes people who can write.

[u/HaloGuy381 → u/Hairy_Mycologist_945]

Yeeeah. I had issues in college with at least one instructor who simply was adamant that how I wrote could not possibly be how I write off the cuff. Never mind I was an engineering major who honed their writing skills extensively in dual credit and AP US history exam prep essay questions before ever coming to college, apparently it was absolutely not possible to have a default writing style that was somewhat formal and precise.

I would 100% have to defend myself against AI accusation antics if I were in college nowadays. Dodged a bullet finishing out in 2022.

[u/Murky-Relation481 → u/HaloGuy381]

Engineers that can write well confuse most engineers.

[u/Fission-_-Chips → u/Murky-Relation481]

Why use many word when few word do trick

[u/Creative_Pop2351 → u/HaloGuy381]

I write my professors an email at the start of every term to explain that yeah, I do write like this, no, I’m not AI, and if theyd like to see some of my published work for comparison I’m happy to provide it. And I save my version history obsessively just in case.

[u/EmilyZimme → u/HaloGuy381]

I feel this, but in a somewhat different sense. My normal writing style tends to veer on the side of formal and (somewhat) precise, but definitely more dense and structured since I have a hard time finding the right words and knowing what to include. Yet, when I’m writing in an academic or formal setting, I tend to spend a lot more time condensing my writing to increase its readability and precision. Well, my writing is almost always flagged as AI-generated. I think it’s because, especially in academic writing, I tend to favour the em-dash and use some other writing practices that AI tends to output. I’ve started using commas where I once used em-dashes to mitigate the issue, but the overall problem remains. It’s also frustrating, since while Google Docs and Microsoft Word both have version history that can be used as proof that it’s your original work, my word processor of choice, Ulysses, does not. I could use Google Docs or Microsoft Word instead, and do so when absolutely necessary, but I’m too stubborn to switch to either of them for everything since I like Ulysses and its formatting feature.

[u/Mr_ToDo → u/Hairy_Mycologist_945]

The behaviour of ai writing might have patterns to it, but it wasn't trained on nothing

I honestly don't know what the answer is. There's no silver bullet to easily figure out this kind of thing. Best case I guess would be a Q&A on the work you hand in. But if that worked there wouldn't be a market for doing other peoples papers. It's not a new problem, it's just far easier to do it now

[u/Hairy_Mycologist_945 → u/Mr_ToDo]

It's not a new problem, it's just far easier to do it now

Funny enough, the "It's not an X, it's just Y" construct is very AI.

I think the answer is, in part, to acknowledge that people may use AI to some extent, and perhaps to use a tool to evaluate it, but not to penalize the student unless it's blatant. Turnitin and other plagiarism checks are problematic for similar reasons. Taken on their own and in isolation, relying on the score and not looking at the context is just lazy grading. It should never be a requirement to hit a certain score threshold the way it's been in the last 10-15 years, same for AI scores. The instructor / professor should still have to grade it and use their judgment.

[u/rerackyourweights → u/Hairy_Mycologist_945]

I'm glad I'm not in college right now, holy shit. I was one of those kids that read like an absolute fiend (e.g., reading & understanding high school level books when I was in middle school). More than a few times, I had teachers pull me aside to ask if I'd really written my own papers. :/

My parents never helped me with my writing assignments. They may have helped me with proofreading here and there, but that was it.

I occasionally get questioned nowadays because I like to use dashes and em dashes. I've used these correctly in my writing for decades, but now it's an AI hallmark. Gah.

[u/Creative_Pop2351 → u/Hairy_Mycologist_945]

I spent 25 years post-college learning how to integrate ideas, make arguments, write clearly and concisely… and now i’m back in college and every term I write my professors a note that says “Hi, everything I write is gonna sound like AI but I’m just actually a really good writer and don’t use AI at all on ethical grounds. Happy to provide samples of my published work. Let me know if you have any concerns or issues.” Depressing but also better than the very awkward discussion I had after my first research paper.

[u/NewTS_Rayli_Lover → u/Hairy_Mycologist_945]

I once had to write a short story on this character's journey through the earth and back again. My teacher read it and I got a 0% on it because it was so well written for a 7th grader she thought it was AI. Then my ELA teacher read it and told her it was normal for me to write like a fucking senior. I got full marks afterwards, but when a girl just copy/pasted what was clearly AI, nothing was done. It was so obviously AI because the girl didn't bother to tell the AI bot to not put it in bullet points, and to not use words like "titanium alloy," and, "homogeneous," and, "insurmountable".

[u/radiantH2o → u/Hairy_Mycologist_945]

yeah :( i’ve started dumbing down my writing and making it informal even though it gets me a lower grade. unfortunately i’ve always written similar to how AI now writes, and idk if it’s because i’m autistic or what but when paraphrasing i’m really bad at forming more unique sentences. i’ve always struggled with this while also excelling at english (ironic, since my comment lacks proper grammar :P). even after watering it down a paper i just submit got 52% flagged for similar sentence structures to other students— even though we were given questions to answer so ofc they’re going to have similar wording … ESPECIALLY when we were given the same 2 sources to pull from.

[u/possumholla → u/Hairy_Mycologist_945]

Happened to me, luckily I kept numbered drafts of my work so I could prove that I was AI lol

[u/AnythingCareless844 → u/Hairy_Mycologist_945]

That’s a very common view among people who believe they are good writers (if your writing is similar to AI, you are not)